Hosted by The University of Queensland ADM+S Node, this day long workshop considers the duty to give reasons in the context of the growing reliance on automation in administrative and legal decision-making. It will bring together leading Australian scholars working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, legal reasoning, and administrative law. Questions addressed during the workshop will include:

• To what extent can reason-giving act as a corrective to improper use of automation in the administrative state? Would more stringent enforcement of the duty to give reasons have helped to avoid scandals such as Robodebt?
• Is the use of various forms of generative AI in administrative and legal decision-making compatible with the common law duty to give reasons?
• Is reason-giving a form of explanation, and does the common law duty to give reasons protect the “right to explanation”?
• The extent to which different forms of automated systems are capable of giving effect to the duty to give reasons?
• Insights comparing the approaches of the Netherlands, the UK and Australia to automated decision-making and their duty to give reasons.